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Figs

Last post by Ian in Cumbria
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by Beryl » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:20 pm

Just a word or warning if you are removing figs that won't ripen this time of the year and have a sensative skin. The milky white sap at the base of...

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Last post by Ian in Cumbria
Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:36 am
Nursery beds

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by donedigging » Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:25 pm

Are these really important ?

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Last post by Johnboy
Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:44 am
Seed tapes

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by Monika » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:03 pm
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For next spring, I am seriously thinking of buying seed tapes for our carrots (Amsterdam Forcing and Autumn King are offered by DT Brown), because I...
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Last post by Johnboy
Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:37 am
Soya beans?

Last post by sarahscottdavies
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by sarahscottdavies » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:03 pm

Can anyone recommend soya bean seeds to grow in this country. Thompson and morgan used to do one called Elena i think, that was supposed to have been...

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Last post by sarahscottdavies
Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:45 am
Unheathy fig tree.

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by sarahscottdavies » Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:53 pm

Does anyone have a clue why my fig tree always looks unhealthy by mid summer, with yellowing leaves, although it always produces fruit just fine....

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Last post by sarahscottdavies
Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:44 pm
Potatoes

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by donedigging » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:29 pm

I have been going through the seed catalogues . I was thinking of potatoes, one early and one main crop.

I have chosen the varieties, but can anyone...

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Last post by donedigging
Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:06 pm
Questions on raised beds

Last post by glallotments
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by Ballydoolagh » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:45 pm

Not sure if this is in the right section or not but I have a couple of questions on raised beds.
I wanted to make beds to better divide a field I...

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Last post by glallotments
Sun Oct 16, 2011 10:40 am
moving a redcurrant

Last post by glallotments
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by Jude » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:44 pm

Can anyone tell me if it's worth trying to relocate a 3 year old redcurrant bush? I'm currently (ha!) in the process of downsizing to a half-plot...

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Last post by glallotments
Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:20 am
Peat Conference 4th October 2011

Last post by Johnboy
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by alan refail » Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:37 am

For information: presentations from the conference held at Stockbridge Technology Centre.

These presentations are well worth reading for the...

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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:15 am
Sowing seeds from fresh tomatoes

Last post by Tony Hague
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by Primrose » Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:32 pm

Last year I came across a lovely bright orange tomato in a market stall and kicked myself for not buying any at the time to save for seed. They've...

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Last post by Tony Hague
Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:46 pm
Grafted Plants

Last post by Geoff
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by Geoff » Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:32 am

There has been an interesting topic running on Grafted Tomatoes , an article in the magazine and TV coverage. The earliness that people seem to...

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Last post by Geoff
Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:38 pm
Winter Green Manure - going to seed

Last post by The Mouse
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by The Mouse » Thu Oct 06, 2011 10:19 pm

At the end of August I sowed a winter mix of green manure - clover, Italian rye and mustard.
I have been really pleased with how quickly it...

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Last post by The Mouse
Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:50 pm
To dig or not to dig?

Last post by Johnboy
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by KG Steve » Thu Sep 29, 2011 3:17 pm
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Hi Folks

The topic for discussion in our Over The Garden Fence column in the December issue of the magazine is no-dig gardening.

Have you tried...
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Last post by Johnboy
Sat Oct 08, 2011 4:25 am
Avoiding bolting

Last post by Tony Hague
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by Tony Hague » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:38 am

... in Florence Fennel and Pak Choi !

Does anyone successfully grow these ? Mine always bolt. Is it just lack of water, or is there some other magic...

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Last post by Tony Hague
Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:34 am
Fig came back from the dead

Last post by glallotments
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by glallotments » Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:37 pm

We have a fig planted in a tub which to all intents and purposes seemed to have been killed after spending last winter outdoors.

It didn't show any...

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Last post by glallotments
Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:16 pm
Feedback on peat/peat-free compost trials

Last post by alan refail
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by alan refail » Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:47 am
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COMPOST TRIAL #1
COMPOST TRIAL #2
COMPOST TRIAL #3

I had intended, when all three trials were concluded, to post a poll to gauge opinion about...
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Last post by alan refail
Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:52 am
Companion Planting

Last post by thetangoman
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by adam-alexander » Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:11 am
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Some plants make Good Companions and others Bad Bedfellows.

I thought members might like this Link:
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Last post by thetangoman
Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:18 pm
Tomatillos not fruiting

Last post by Primrose
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by Primrose » Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:20 am

Haven't been around for a while on here but hope I can now link in more regularly & catch up with what you've all been doing.

Possibly Nature's...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:52 am
Defoliating tomatoes to encourage ripening in a cold greenho

Last post by sandy_v
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by MikA » Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:49 pm

Do you good forum members defoliate your tomatoes?

If you do - do you continue to water (presumably a reduced amount) to allow the fruit to keep on...

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Last post by sandy_v
Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:51 am
Ripening Winter Squash

Last post by FelixLeiter
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by Colin Miles » Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:26 pm

The last few years I have ripened off my onion sets in the greenhouse and this has worked well. My Crown Prince Squash have all done very well...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:41 pm
Potato rotation problem

Last post by thetangoman
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by Elderflower » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:45 am

I do try with crop rotation - not always successfully by the book. However, I have a problem with potatoes. Over a third of my plot is taken up with...

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Last post by thetangoman
Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:23 am
Moonlight beans - just keep on cropping.

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Diane » Sun Sep 18, 2011 1:26 pm

Just an update on the Moonlight beans - they cropped well and then had a rest and now have put on another show of flowers and new beans. There seems...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:15 pm
Peat AND peat-free - My last trial of the year

Last post by alan refail
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by alan refail » Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:32 am
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Not another comparison experiment. This time it's "all or nothing" .

Given my relative satisfaction with Vital Earth multipurpose in trial...
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Last post by alan refail
Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:06 pm
Any Sweet Pepper growing tips?

Last post by ken
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by Gardenboy » Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:19 pm
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Hello

Most years I like to try growing something new to me and, having got a trial packet, I'm trying Sweet Peppers.

I started a bit late, I think,...
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Last post by ken
Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:51 pm
Veg/fruit/herb flowers ( Potager area) - your ideas please ?

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Nature's Babe » Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:21 am

strawberries with small bulbs, tulips iris etc
climbing beans with sweet peas
squash on a lattice frame with climbing nasturtium or morning glory...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:32 am
Cherokee Trail of Tears climbing bean

Last post by alan refail
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by adam-alexander » Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:02 pm

Any members grown this variety this season? - How good was the crop?

I grew 10 plants up a wigwam (very appropriate!) but I must say somewhat...

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Last post by alan refail
Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:53 am
peppers and chilli's

Last post by Colin_M
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by Bren » Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:02 pm

What is the best way to store or keep peppers and chilli's ?
I have a good crop of both this year.

Bren

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Last post by Colin_M
Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:00 pm
Micro leaves

Last post by glallotments
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by alan refail » Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:52 am

In the summer I usually sow a few rows of mixed seed - lettuce, chicory, endive - to produce little salad leaves. This year due to a combination of...

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Last post by glallotments
Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:05 am
Lack of ripe tomatoes

Last post by Chantal
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by John P » Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:03 pm
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Anyone got any ideas as to why a lot of my gardening friends and myself are suffering from a distinct lack of ripe tomatoes.most of us are following...
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Last post by Chantal
Fri Sep 16, 2011 9:14 am
Uchiki Kuri squash

Last post by Kleftiwallah
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by SharonL » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:52 am

I decided to give this variety of squash a go this year for the first time as I understood it to be a more compact plant that many other and I have a...

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Last post by Kleftiwallah
Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:11 pm
Butternut squash Avalon with no fruit.

Last post by FelixLeiter
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by Catherine » Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:52 am

I have grown three Avalon Butternut squashes and they were and still are very healthy, with loads of flower heads, all seem to be male and I have one...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:22 pm
recipes for your own composts, seed, seedling and potting

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Nature's Babe » Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:06 pm

Not much of a choice I know, yearly peat extraction has a great big carbon footprint of 400,000 tonners of CO2 per year and a lot of the peat free...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:52 pm
Cauliflowers

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by peacocks » Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:24 pm

We have grown some beautiful cauliflowers this year and have a feeling the seed was a freeby with the magazine. If this is so can anyone tell us what...

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Last post by peacocks
Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:24 pm
Thinking outside the box, some cool perennial vegetables.

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Nature's Babe » Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:31 am
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I already have asparagus and artichokes, and rhubarb cane fruit and trees and bushes which come up every year they are doing very well, and I was...
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Last post by Nature's Babe
Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:44 pm
Newbie needs advice

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by SuzanneG » Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:53 pm

Hi everyone

Complete beginner here! :D Have had my half plot for 3 months and have dug it over, back to bare soil and covered it. The plan was to...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:49 pm
Autumn/Winter Sown carrots?

Last post by ken
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by The Colonel » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:03 pm

I think I know the answer but I'll ask anyway. Forgive the horticultual ignorance but I wondered if there are any autumn/winter sown carrots at all?...

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Last post by ken
Sat Aug 27, 2011 3:46 pm
Autumn raspberries

Last post by ken
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by Primrose » Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:09 pm

A couple of years ago I planted half a dozen Bliss autumn rasperries. I've noticed that they only produce one cluster of fruit at the top of the...

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Last post by ken
Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:39 am
Beetroot growth

Last post by Monika
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by JohnN » Fri Aug 26, 2011 5:02 pm

Quite a few of my beetroot (Boltardy) this year have failed to grow above golf-ball size. The tops look perfectly healthy and they are in the same...

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Last post by Monika
Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:43 pm
Sowing new seeds

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Nature's Babe » Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:31 pm

Some exotic seeds that we might be growing in the future, new introductions that show promise. Check out the video. A demonstration garden at Rhyton....

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:05 pm
Outdoor Grape Varieties

Last post by yummyveggies
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by DiG » Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:08 pm

I will soon hopefully have the ideal south facing wall on which to grow a grapevine or two. Has anyone any experience of the seedless varieties...

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Last post by yummyveggies
Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:09 pm
Reluctant Damson

Last post by jethrotattydrill
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by jethrotattydrill » Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:36 am

This is a 5 year old Damson, trained along a high fence which has produced only a handful of flowers since it was planted. It shows lots of vigorous...

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Last post by jethrotattydrill
Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:05 pm
When to use Bonemeal

Last post by Primrose
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by Primrose » Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:25 pm

I've just been given a large packet of Bonemeal. I've not previously used this as a soil conditioner/fertiliser, tending to use either manure or...

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Last post by Primrose
Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:06 pm
Which beetroot?

Last post by Diane
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by Diane » Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:33 pm

Which is the best variety of beetroot, for planting now, in a raised bed?
And when will it be ready?
Thank you.

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Last post by Diane
Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:11 am
Can I compost carrots which have carrot fly damage?

Last post by Geoff
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by MikA » Sun Aug 14, 2011 12:06 pm

I have a lot of carrot fly damage on carrots lifted from a pot.

My question is - having rescued as much as possible for lunch, can I put the...

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Last post by Geoff
Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:38 pm
Our Garlic crop in 2011

Last post by Monika
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by Colin_M » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:35 pm
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Well, 2011 has been a lot drier than I would normally like for good garlic growth. Whilst I watered and fed a couple of times during the really dry...
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Last post by Monika
Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:00 pm
Artificial Fertilizers good, organic manure bad?

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Colin Miles » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:50 pm

There is a suggestion that artificial fertilizers may help with the greenhouse effect by reducing the amount of methane (20 times more powerful than...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:16 am
Over watering

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by Daisyduke20 » Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:08 pm

Can someone advise how often you should water a raised vegetable bed?

I have been told that I over watering them and am afraid I will water log...

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Last post by the custodian
Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:06 pm
Double digging

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by Smurfy » Sat Aug 13, 2011 2:22 pm

I've just started crafting the new veg patch and am going to have 10 new veg beds. As the ground has never been anything other than lawn since at...

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Last post by Smurfy
Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:28 pm
Green manures

Last post by The Mouse
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by The Mouse » Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:07 pm

Apart from field ryes - which I understand are quite difficult to dig in - what would be a good green manure to slot in anywhere in the rotation?
I...

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Last post by The Mouse
Sat Aug 13, 2011 2:15 pm
Is Vegetarianism cruel?

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Colin Miles » Tue Aug 02, 2011 6:25 pm
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All life is one. We share the same DNA code with the lowliest animals and plants and many of the same genes. Indeed, we could swop 50% of our genes...
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Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:57 pm

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